Cavaliers 87-85 Nets (15 May, 2007) Play-by-Play

Cleveland Cavaliers

50-32, 20-21 away

	1	2	3	4	T
CLE	19	23	29	16	87
NJ	20	26	23	16	85

New Jersey Nets

41-41, 24-17 home

Vince Carter misses 25-foot three point jumper
Jason Kidd misses 15-foot running jumper
Larry Hughes blocks Jason Kidd's layup
Richard Jefferson misses 15-foot jumper
Mikki Moore misses driving layup
Jason Kidd misses tip shot
Vince Carter makes two point shot
Richard Jefferson makes driving dunk
Vince Carter misses 23-foot jumper
Mikki Moore misses dunk
Jason Kidd misses 25-foot three point jumper
Vince Carter misses 11-foot two point shot
Vince Carter misses driving layup
Richard Jefferson misses 26-foot three point jumper
Mikki Moore makes two point shot (Jason Kidd assists)
Jason Kidd misses three point jumper
Mikki Moore makes 4-foot hook shot (Jason Kidd assists)
Bostjan Nachbar misses 22-foot jumper
Bostjan Nachbar misses 17-foot jumper
Marcus Williams makes 18-foot jumper
Marcus Williams makes 8-foot running jumper
Eddie House makes 19-foot jumper (Richard Jefferson assists)
Antoine Wright misses 13-foot running jumper
Jason Kidd misses 26-foot three point jumper
Jason Kidd makes 22-foot jumper (Vince Carter assists)
Bostjan Nachbar misses two point shot
Mikki Moore makes dunk (Vince Carter assists)
Vince Carter makes 24-foot three point jumper (Richard Jefferson assists)
Richard Jefferson makes 23-foot three point jumper (Vince Carter assists)
Bostjan Nachbar misses 26-foot three point jumper
Vince Carter makes 23-foot three point jumper (Bostjan Nachbar assists)
Vince Carter misses 13-foot jumper
Zydrunas Ilgauskas blocks Vince Carter's driving layup
Jason Kidd misses 11-foot two point shot
Jason Kidd misses 25-foot three point jumper
Mikki Moore makes layup (Vince Carter assists)
Vince Carter misses 25-foot three point jumper
Antoine Wright misses running jumper
Mikki Moore makes two point shot (Jason Kidd assists)
Josh Boone makes slam dunk (Jason Kidd assists)
Mikki Moore makes 20-foot jumper (Jason Kidd assists)
Vince Carter makes 24-foot three point jumper (Richard Jefferson assists)
Drew Gooden blocks Richard Jefferson's driving layup
Richard Jefferson misses driving dunk
Richard Jefferson misses three point jumper
Vince Carter misses two point shot
Vince Carter makes 18-foot jumper (Jason Kidd assists)
Richard Jefferson misses 24-foot three point jumper
Vince Carter misses driving layup
Mikki Moore misses 20-foot jumper
Richard Jefferson makes driving layup (Vince Carter assists)
Mikki Moore makes 18-foot jumper (Bostjan Nachbar assists)
Bostjan Nachbar misses 8-foot running jumper
Bostjan Nachbar makes driving layup (Vince Carter assists)
Mikki Moore makes dunk (Vince Carter assists)
Mikki Moore makes 20-foot jumper (Jason Kidd assists)
Jason Kidd makes 26-foot three point jumper (Vince Carter assists)
Vince Carter misses two point shot
Vince Carter misses 10-foot two point shot
Vince Carter misses 25-foot three point jumper
Mikki Moore makes 14-foot jumper
Jason Kidd misses 27-foot three point jumper
Vince Carter makes driving layup
Vince Carter misses 18-foot jumper
Jason Kidd misses 18-foot jumper
Mikki Moore makes layup (Vince Carter assists)
Richard Jefferson misses driving layup
Vince Carter misses 17-foot jumper
Vince Carter misses 8-foot jumper
Larry Hughes blocks Richard Jefferson's jumper
Richard Jefferson misses driving dunk
Vince Carter misses driving layup
Vince Carter misses tip shot
Jason Kidd misses 26-foot three point jumper
Bostjan Nachbar misses 24-foot three point jumper
Larry Hughes misses 20-foot jumper
Drew Gooden misses 19-foot jumper
Sasha Pavlovic makes 21-foot jumper
Larry Hughes makes 8-foot running jumper
Larry Hughes makes 24-foot three point jumper (LeBron James assists)
Mikki Moore blocks Larry Hughes's 9-foot running jumper
Zydrunas Ilgauskas misses 13-foot two point shot
Larry Hughes misses 18-foot jumper
Larry Hughes misses 25-foot three point jumper
Eric Snow makes jumper (LeBron James assists)
LeBron James makes running jumper
Anderson Varejao makes layup (Zydrunas Ilgauskas assists)
Zydrunas Ilgauskas misses 16-foot jumper
Zydrunas Ilgauskas misses 19-foot jumper
Eric Snow misses 16-foot jumper
Larry Hughes misses 17-foot jumper
Daniel Gibson misses 19-foot jumper
Daniel Gibson misses 23-foot three point jumper
LeBron James makes 8-foot jumper (Daniel Gibson assists)
LeBron James makes driving layup (Eric Snow assists)
Daniel Gibson misses 25-foot three point jumper
Zydrunas Ilgauskas misses 15-foot jumper
Sasha Pavlovic misses 24-foot three point jumper
Sasha Pavlovic misses two point shot
Drew Gooden makes 12-foot two point shot (Sasha Pavlovic assists)
Zydrunas Ilgauskas makes dunk (Sasha Pavlovic assists)
Larry Hughes makes 24-foot three point jumper (Sasha Pavlovic assists)
Larry Hughes misses 26-foot three point jumper
Sasha Pavlovic makes layup (LeBron James assists)
Larry Hughes misses 19-foot jumper
LeBron James makes layup (Drew Gooden assists)
LeBron James makes 22-foot jumper
LeBron James misses 15-foot two point shot
Drew Gooden misses 15-foot jumper
LeBron James misses 17-foot two point shot
Larry Hughes misses 21-foot jumper
Larry Hughes makes 19-foot jumper (LeBron James assists)
Larry Hughes makes jumper (LeBron James assists)
Zydrunas Ilgauskas makes jumper (LeBron James assists)
LeBron James makes 24-foot three point jumper
Larry Hughes makes 23-foot three point jumper (Drew Gooden assists)
LeBron James makes 25-foot three point jumper
LeBron James makes 18-foot jumper
Sasha Pavlovic misses 25-foot three point jumper
Larry Hughes misses 26-foot three point jumper
Larry Hughes misses 20-foot jumper
Zydrunas Ilgauskas makes 16-foot jumper (Eric Snow assists)
Drew Gooden misses 8-foot hook shot
Larry Hughes misses 16-foot running jumper
Zydrunas Ilgauskas makes dunk (LeBron James assists)
LeBron James misses 27-foot three point jumper
Eric Snow misses 16-foot jumper
Larry Hughes makes 20-foot jumper
Eric Snow misses 16-foot jumper
LeBron James misses 16-foot jumper
Anderson Varejao makes layup (Larry Hughes assists)
Drew Gooden misses 14-foot two point shot
Larry Hughes misses 18-foot jumper
Sasha Pavlovic misses three point jumper
Sasha Pavlovic makes layup
LeBron James misses 9-foot running jumper
LeBron James makes 21-foot jumper
Drew Gooden misses 17-foot jumper
LeBron James misses 21-foot jumper
LeBron James misses 15-foot two point shot

CAVALIERS

NETS

TIME		CLE	NJ
12:00	Start of the 1st Quarter	0	0
12:00	Jumpball: Zydrunas Ilgauskas vs. Jason Collins (Mikki Moore gains possession)	0	0
11:45	Vince Carter misses 25-foot three point jumper	0	0
11:45	Zydrunas Ilgauskas defensive rebound	0	0
11:33	Larry Hughes misses 20-foot jumper	0	0
11:32	Mikki Moore defensive rebound	0	0
11:25	Jason Kidd misses 15-foot running jumper	0	0
11:23	Jason Kidd offensive rebound	0	0
11:22	Larry Hughes blocks Jason Kidd's layup	0	0
11:22	New Jersey offensive rebound	0	0
11:12	Richard Jefferson misses 15-foot jumper	0	0
11:11	Drew Gooden defensive rebound	0	0
11:03	Drew Gooden misses 19-foot jumper	0	0
11:03	Vince Carter defensive rebound	0	0
10:49	Mikki Moore misses driving layup	0	0
10:48	Jason Kidd offensive rebound	0	0
10:48	Jason Kidd misses tip shot	0	0
10:47	Zydrunas Ilgauskas defensive rebound	0	0
10:41	Larry Hughes bad pass	0	0
10:25	Vince Carter makes two point shot	0	2
10:21	Sasha Pavlovic offensive foul (Jason Collins draws the foul)	0	2
10:21	Sasha Pavlovic turnover	0	2
10:11	Richard Jefferson makes driving dunk	0	4
10:00	Jason Collins shooting foul (Zydrunas Ilgauskas draws the foul)	0	4
10:00	Zydrunas Ilgauskas makes free throw 1 of 2	1	4
10:00	Zydrunas Ilgauskas makes free throw 2 of 2	2	4
9:34	Vince Carter misses 23-foot jumper	2	4
9:33	Mikki Moore offensive rebound	2	4
9:26	Jason Collins offensive foul (Zydrunas Ilgauskas draws the foul)	2	4
9:26	Jason Collins turnover	2	4
9:26	Bostjan Nachbar enters the game for Jason Collins	2	4
9:07	Sasha Pavlovic makes 21-foot jumper	4	4
8:53	Mikki Moore lost ball (Larry Hughes steals)	4	4
8:48	Larry Hughes makes 8-foot running jumper	6	4
8:36	Drew Gooden shooting foul (Mikki Moore draws the foul)	6	4
8:36	Mikki Moore makes free throw 1 of 2	6	5
8:36	Mikki Moore makes free throw 2 of 2	6	6
8:22	Zydrunas Ilgauskas traveling	6	6
8:11	Mikki Moore misses dunk	6	6
8:08	Bostjan Nachbar offensive rebound	6	6
8:02	Jason Kidd misses 25-foot three point jumper	6	6
8:00	LeBron James defensive rebound	6	6
7:52	Larry Hughes makes 24-foot three point jumper (LeBron James assists)	9	6
7:39	Drew Gooden personal foul (Mikki Moore draws the foul)	9	6
7:39	Anderson Varejao enters the game for Drew Gooden	9	6
7:33	Vince Carter misses 11-foot two point shot	9	6
7:31	Zydrunas Ilgauskas defensive rebound	9	6
7:26	Mikki Moore personal foul (LeBron James draws the foul)	9	6
7:15	Mikki Moore blocks Larry Hughes's 9-foot running jumper	9	6
7:13	Jason Kidd defensive rebound	9	6
7:03	Vince Carter misses driving layup	9	6
7:01	Anderson Varejao defensive rebound	9	6
6:47	Zydrunas Ilgauskas misses 13-foot two point shot	9	6
6:46	Vince Carter defensive rebound	9	6
6:35	Anderson Varejao shooting foul (Bostjan Nachbar draws the foul)	9	6
6:35	Bostjan Nachbar makes free throw 1 of 2	9	7
6:35	Bostjan Nachbar makes free throw 2 of 2	9	8
6:20	Larry Hughes misses 18-foot jumper	9	8
6:20	Jason Kidd defensive rebound	9	8
6:16	Vince Carter offensive foul (Anderson Varejao draws the foul)	9	8
6:16	Vince Carter turnover	9	8
5:58	Larry Hughes misses 25-foot three point jumper	9	8
5:58	Bostjan Nachbar defensive rebound	9	8
5:52	Jason Kidd bad pass (Larry Hughes steals)	9	8
5:47	New Jersey full timeout	9	8
5:47	Jumpball: LeBron James vs. Vince Carter (Larry Hughes gains possession)	9	8
5:33	Larry Hughes bad pass (Bostjan Nachbar steals)	9	8
5:31	Sasha Pavlovic shooting foul (Richard Jefferson draws the foul)	9	8
5:31	Richard Jefferson makes free throw 1 of 2	9	9
5:31	Eric Snow enters the game for Sasha Pavlovic	9	9
5:31	Richard Jefferson makes free throw 2 of 2	9	10
5:09	Eric Snow makes jumper (LeBron James assists)	11	10
4:54	Bostjan Nachbar turnover	11	10
4:33	LeBron James makes running jumper	13	10
4:18	Zydrunas Ilgauskas shooting foul (Bostjan Nachbar draws the foul)	13	10
4:18	Bostjan Nachbar makes free throw 1 of 2	13	11
4:18	Bostjan Nachbar makes free throw 2 of 2	13	12
4:03	Anderson Varejao makes layup (Zydrunas Ilgauskas assists)	15	12
3:46	Richard Jefferson misses 26-foot three point jumper	15	12
3:45	Eric Snow defensive rebound	15	12
3:39	Zydrunas Ilgauskas misses 16-foot jumper	15	12
3:36	Richard Jefferson defensive rebound	15	12
3:31	Mikki Moore makes two point shot (Jason Kidd assists)	15	14
3:04	Zydrunas Ilgauskas misses 19-foot jumper	15	14
3:03	Bostjan Nachbar defensive rebound	15	14
2:46	Jason Kidd misses three point jumper	15	14
2:45	Zydrunas Ilgauskas defensive rebound	15	14
2:41	Vince Carter shooting foul (Larry Hughes draws the foul)	15	14
2:41	Cleveland full timeout	15	14
2:41	Antoine Wright enters the game for Vince Carter	15	14
2:41	Donyell Marshall enters the game for Zydrunas Ilgauskas	15	14
2:41	Larry Hughes makes free throw 1 of 2	16	14
2:41	Larry Hughes makes free throw 2 of 2	17	14
2:25	Mikki Moore makes 4-foot hook shot (Jason Kidd assists)	17	16
1:58	Eric Snow misses 16-foot jumper	17	16
1:55	Jason Kidd defensive rebound	17	16
1:49	Bostjan Nachbar misses 22-foot jumper	17	16
1:47	Anderson Varejao defensive rebound	17	16
1:31	Larry Hughes misses 17-foot jumper	17	16
1:30	Anderson Varejao offensive rebound	17	16
1:22	Jason Kidd shooting foul (LeBron James draws the foul)	17	16
1:22	Daniel Gibson enters the game for Larry Hughes	17	16
1:22	Josh Boone enters the game for Mikki Moore	17	16
1:22	Marcus Williams enters the game for Jason Kidd	17	16
1:22	LeBron James makes free throw 1 of 2	18	16
1:22	LeBron James makes free throw 2 of 2	19	16
1:07	Bostjan Nachbar misses 17-foot jumper	19	16
1:06	Josh Boone offensive rebound	19	16
1:00	Eric Snow personal foul (Richard Jefferson draws the foul)	19	16
1:00	Eddie House enters the game for Bostjan Nachbar	19	16
1:00	Richard Jefferson double technical foul	19	16
1:00	Richard Jefferson makes free throw 1 of 2	19	17
1:00	Richard Jefferson makes free throw 2 of 2	19	18
43.9	Daniel Gibson misses 19-foot jumper	19	18
42.9	Eric Snow offensive rebound	19	18
36.6	Anderson Varejao offensive foul (Antoine Wright draws the foul)	19	18
36.6	Anderson Varejao turnover	19	18
36.6	Zydrunas Ilgauskas enters the game for Anderson Varejao	19	18
24.5	Marcus Williams makes 18-foot jumper	19	20
1.1	Daniel Gibson misses 23-foot three point jumper	19	20
0.0	Cleveland offensive rebound	19	20
0.0	End of the 1st Quarter	19	20

Nets
77
Cavaliers
81

Game 1

6/5

Nets
92
Cavaliers
102

Game 2

9/5

Cavaliers
85
Nets
96

Game 3

12/5

Cavaliers
87
Nets
85

Game 4

15/5

Nets
83
Cavaliers
72

Game 5

17/5

Cavaliers
88
Nets
72

Game 6

19/5

IZOD Center

12:00 AM, 15 May 2007

East Rutherford, NJ

Attendance: 20,032

Referees:
Dick Bavetta
Mark Wunderlich
Joe Forte

Team	W	L	PCT	GB	STRK
Cleveland	25	4	.862	-	W4
Milwaukee	15	12	.556	9	W1
Indiana	14	15	.483	11	W4
Chicago	13	16	.448	12	L1
Detroit	12	17	.414	13	W1

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